Month: May 2009
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Science vs. Scientology Timeline
At yesterday’s very successful Boston Skeptics Nerd Brunch, friend and skeptic event regular Aaron tipped me off to this hilarious graphic, posted on io9 a few months ago. It’s a nice Science vs. Scientology timeline to go along with yesterday’s creationist vs. science timeline. While I’m here, Thunderf00t has posted a new episode of Why Do People Laugh at Creationists?…
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Afternoon Inquisition 5.30
Bruce M. Hood has been making the rounds on the skeptical podcast circuit, most recently on Point of Inquiry, promoting his book, SuperSense. The book is all about the psychological and evolutionary bases for the prevalence of religious belief and sounds fascinating; I intend to read it soon. He and DJ Grothe discussed many interesting topics, but the one I…
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The History of Everything Timeline
Thanks to friend and occasional Skepchick commenter Liz for tipping me off to this hilarious graphic made by Peter Morris . Click to see the whole thing (seriously, click it).
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Meat Hypocrisy
After the appearance of a news story out of Canada this week, the media are once again covering seal hunting. Most of the coverage I’ve seen or read has seemed relatively fair, save for a subtle ethnocentrism that would probably go unnoticed to most westerners. I want to address the underlying assumptions that seem to be fairly common in commentary…
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Afternoon Inquisition, 5.29
A friend passed me this article yesterday. I think he was trying to tell me something…. Bitter behavior is so common and deeply destructive that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder. Anyway, as I was listening to his screams and pathetic cries for help, I started to think. Is…
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Comment o’ the Week and Stuff!
Welcome to Friday, everyone! First up, some reminders and helpful tips for commenters. Then, Comment o’ the Week! The Comment Code of Conduct page is here. You’ve all been pretty fab lately, but I just thought I’d mention it for n00bs. Also, that page has some tips, which I will paste here for your convenience, since we still get emails…
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Texas Dems Reject McLeroy Confirmation
You all remember Don McLeroy, right? As the conservative/creationist Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education, he’s one of the people that played a major role in the hits that science education took in the state’s recent review of curriculum standards. (Here’s a video of McLeroy in action during the review hearings.) Skepchick covered the story extensively, because of…
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Skepchick Quickies 5.29
Human language gene changes how mice squeak – And suddenly lots of fantasy novels need to be reshelved to science fiction. From Ryan. Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology – From Surly Amy on twitter. Jesus appears in Marmite – Which means all you Vegemite fans are blasphemers. From QuestionAuthority. Oh no! It’s making well-reasoned arguments backed by facts! Run! – From…
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